Ice-cutting tool.



No. 837,172. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. F. D. WOODFORD.

ICE CUTTING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED mums, 190s.

FRANK D. VVOODFORD, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

ICE-CUTTING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27. 1906.

Application filed January 25, 1906. Serial No. 297,795.

T0 all whom it imty concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. WoonFonD, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ice-CuttingTools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined ice saw, ax, and chisel. Its objectis to provide a simple, cheap, handy tool for household use foreconomically cutting up ice and to avoid the waste and annoyanceoccasioned by the lack of a proper instrument for the purpose.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and thecombination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed,having reference to the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is aperspective view of my invention.

A represents a saw-blade, having suitable teeth 2 and set into thehandle 3, said handle being recessed for this purpose. This handleconsists of a bar of metal extending the full length of the saw-blade toreinforce and stiffen the latter and having a handhold extension 4 atone end and a tapered chisel extension 5 at the other end, while itsback is suitably beveled and sharpened to provide a cutting edge or axor hatchet portion 6. This cutting or hatchet portion 6 may be of anysuitable length.

Preferably the corner of the bar where the ax or hatchet portion 6 runsinto the chisel portion 5 is cut away and beveled, as at 7, to narrowthe chisel-point and give the lattera suitable straight cutting edge.

With this tool it is possible to out a piece of ice just the desiredsize without waste or trouble. The cut is started with the saw andcompleted with either the chisel part 5 or the hatchet part 6.

The handle, ax, and chisel being all forged from one piece and the bladebeing of the commonest construction renders the manufacture of thesetools comparatively inexpensive. As the blade is supported rigidly itsentire length by the handle, there is no chance of the blade buckling.

The entire tool weighs only a few ounces.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. An ice-cutting tool comprising a handle portion provided with alongitudinally-extending recess, a blade fixed to the handle and adaptedto form the initial cut in the ice, a saw-blade projecting from thehandle in a direction opposite to the projection of the first blade,said saw-blade having the entire length of its back edge fitting saidrecess, said saw-blade adapted to engage the groove or channel cut inthe ice by said first blade, and a chisel-point member on the handleadapted to detach blocks of ice partially severed by the saw-blade.

2. An ice-cutting tool having a handle portion with blades projectingtherefrom in opposite directions one of said blades having saw-teeth andthe other blade adapted to make a channel or groove in the ice for thereception of the saw-teeth, said handle having alongitudinally-extending recess in which the back edge of the saw-bladeis directly seated, and a third member rigid with the handle and havinga beveled cuttingpoint whose edge is arranged at right angles to thelength of the handle, said third member adapted to detach blocks of icesevered along the sides by the saw-blade.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' FRANK D. WOODFORD.

WVitnesses:

Gno. A. LAMB, S. J. I/VHITE.

